There are few situations that cannot be remedied with the proper use of explosives -- or the right tools. That includes most wrecks. Just sayin'.

If someone put a roll of duct tape and a can of WD-40 on a cake, now we're talking! Representations of these things, I hasten to add, not the contents. Gotta spell things out in case any wreckerators are lurking. Otherwise, one could fully expect to see a cake mummy-wrapped in duct tape and marinated in the stuff of 1001 uses. Not good eats.

Back when I used to decorate in a grocery store, one clerk always would write a cake order requesting the cake be decorated with "Manly Flowers"....never thought to plop toy tools onto regular flowers to add a bit of testosterone to the final product.

I guess I don't look closely enough at birthday cakes, but is it common to have the "y" in the word "birthday" flop over onto other parts of the decoration? Is that this particular wreckerator's modus operandi?

I recently ordered a cake over the phone for my son's 13th birthday. After the conversation with the rep in the bakery dept, I hung up, then re-ran the chat in my head: her - "do you want balloons instead of flowers on it?" me - "he's turning 13, so I don't want anything babyish" her - "OK, I'll put that on the order form (talking as she writes) turning 13......nothing babyish"

I dreaded walking in the next day to pick up my cake, sure it would have that exact phrase written on it. Turns out they took the REALLY easy way out and just didn't put anything on the cake besides the writing. Shoulda told them to slap some plastic tools on there......

@Craig, yup, my first thought was if they want manly, they need duct tape; everything is better with duct tape! Forgot about the importance of WD-40, I confess. My excuse, of course, is that I'm not a man :)

Question: In the cake with the screwdriver, what is the grey icing object? It looks like a pig (I take it that it's a Toronto area baker? )

Lastly, the baker ADVERTISED these on the Internet as examples of what they can do?!?!?! Yikes.

WV: Unreaka. What the wreckerator said when they first saw the result of the labour.

I've often suspected that there is a "style manual" for cake decorators that comes out 4 times a year. The wrecorators just pull out the wreck for the week and month. (sort of like there is a lectionary for those of us of certain religious persuasions)

Everyone did yellow roses and drop flowers in butter cream that week. To make it "custom" add plastic gewgaw.

Aaaaaa! It's like being back in high school! There are 4 "Katie/Katy/Kaede"s in one room! Appears my parents were about as original as the manly wreckerators.

I too suspect that these are Handy Manny tools from the toy department. Or given Brad's description of the bakery, perhaps someone's kid was given "too babyish" toys and the parent decided to use them at work?

First of all, I LOVE this site, especially the wide variety of allusions (the archived Pirate cakes post with the Pirates who Don't Do Anything reference has been my favorite thus far).

But I'm wondering if I should be offended that enjoying a site about mangled cake decorations apparently makes me an overweight soccer mom...or at least, one would assume so due to the fact that the banners that repeatedly pop up here are for Weight Watchers, plus-sized clothing, cell phones, and household appliances (specifically washers & dryers)...I know you don't control the ads and they really don't bother me...I actually found the automated ad selection a bit amusing, & wondered if anyone else had noticed...

Craig said:If someone put a roll of duct tape and a can of WD-40 on a cake, now we're talking! Representations of these things, I hasten to add, not the contents. Gotta spell things out in case any wreckerators are lurking. Otherwise, one could fully expect to see a cake mummy-wrapped in duct tape and marinated in the stuff of 1001 uses. Not good eats.

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